San Gil is a city in the Santander department of Colombia and considered the extreme sports capital of the country.
Valle de San José is a great place to stop if you’re heading between San Gil and the Cascadas de Juan Curí.
The Cascadas de Juan Curí are a series of waterfalls about 30 minutes south of San Gil.
Chicamocha National Park (Parque Nacional del Chicamocha), also known as Panachi, is a theme park centered around the spectacular Chicamocha Canyon in the Santander department of Colombia.
Thanks to a devastating earthquake in 1875, most of historic Villa del Rosario has been lost. Whatever is left is contained in a small historical complex, Gran Colombia Park (El Parque de la Gran Colombia). It’s located about 20 minutes south of the city of Cúcuta and 2km from the border of Venezuela.
Cúcuta, officially San José de Cúcuta, is a city on the Colombian border with Venezuela. It was founded by Juana Rangel de Cuellar on June 17, 1733. Cúcuta is the capital of the Norte de Santander department and one of the most important cities for commerce in Colombia. It’s not a tourist destination.
The small city of Pamplona, located in the Norte de Santander department of Colombia, is a nice place to spend a day or two exploring. This post will cover the attractions in the city other than the handful of small museums located there.
Pamplona, a city in the Norte de Santander department of Colombia, has a good collection of small museums – if they’re open. We spent two days in the city and tried to visit all the museums and ended up seeing two out five. They’re all located in the city center either on or within a couple blocks of the main plaza.
